The ongoing Planned Parenthood scandal has reinvigorated a national debate regarding the abortion industry. As the Obama administration rushes to defend the federally funded organization, social conservatives across the nation are applauding the Center for Medical Progress’ efforts to expose what goes on behind closed doors.

For many pro-abortion leftists, however, evidence that executives openly discussed the harvest and sale of dead babies are hardly a deterrent.

Comedian Sarah Silverman, for example, shared her opinion on the issue in a tweet last week.

Abortion is still legal in the great U.S of A. It would be insane not to use fetal tissue 4 science & education in such cases. #StandwithPP

Her remark attracted thousands of replies, representing the wide-ranging views Americans have regarding Planned Parenthood’s actions and abortion in general. One of the pithiest – and most popular – reactions to Silverman’s post came from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.

Shapiro’s retort sparked its own Twitter discussion with many expressing outrage over Silverman’s crass depiction of a developing human.

One Twitter user said she is attempting to change the language surrounding abortion by referring to “hearts, lungs [and] livers” as fetal tissue – in order to maintain the left’s “narrative of ‘ball of cells.’”

Another Shapiro supporter agreed, noting that when pro-abortion advocates like Silverman “rationalise and dehumanise the victim to justify their actions,” it makes “killing easier.”